Blues

Rock developed from blues in the US. However, in Russia and the former USSR, blues influences only caught on widely after rock had established itself under perestroika. Most artists there today that are recognized as blues practitioners are probably more recognizable to Americans as blues-influenced rock bands.

Languages: Search for blues and blues-influenced music performed in Russian or Polish.

July 26, 2026

VIA, VIO, Rock and Roll: Modern Music Enters Soviet Georgia

By the late 1960s, rock music had fully infiltrated the USSR. Realizing that they could not censor the music and increasingly feeling that they were competing with the West on every level from military to scientific to cultural, the Soviets instead tried to co-opt the popular music. An early attempt at this was the creation […]

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The Red Elvises / Красные Элвисы

Billy’s Band

Maciej Maleńczuk

Organek

Cree

Kirill Komarov / Кирилл Комаров

Chaif / Чайф

One, Two, Three / Raz, Dwa, Trzy

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